Show t- t Pardon Hardon Board II Decrees BeBee to 10 Die Hiram BeEce BeBee self sell confessed layer ayer of a Mt DL Pleasant cit city marshal arshal Frida Friday sat in Utah state stat prisons prison's death row and shrugged bis is shoulders when again told lold h he auld have to die for his crime k The The long-haired long white bearded BeCe BeBee who claims to be as old ok oldis is es th the hills hUls had his petition fo for commutation Of the death sene sen sen- lence e nce to life imprisonment denied y y the state board of pardons after K long session at the state prison Mate We t Thursdays Thursday S s' s During a minute last-minute appearance dare the seven man board BeBee leave lave a detailed account of his murr murAn mur- mur An tr r of Lon of-Lon Lon T T. Larsen Mt Pleasant ty ty marshal on Oct 15 1945 ough he knew his life might de ded de- de tend d on this final appearance he hepas hein pas J in high spirits and talkative Back to Court The case will now be returned to j Seventh Se district court in Carn Caron Carn Car- Car 4 on n n county for the thc setting of a anew anew new ew date for execution of sentence hl h will Jei c carried out by the 9 of that coun county y f- f Those men have done what they think is the right thing BeBee replied when told his petition peti- peti tion was denied As As far as I Im I'm Imf m f concerned it doesn't make any difference I still dont don't believe t they know all ll of the thc true facts and still I hold no noh h malice toward them or any other p person ri on the face of the earth r Ie was convicted twice of first de degree ee murder the first time at fantt fanti in Sanpete county On this this' conviction i he e was received at the tp prison ison Feb 25 1946 1046 and served one y year ar four months and six dm da it t f High Court Court Appeal Appeal fLater Later the case was appealed to the supreme court which ordered t ai new new trial rial in Carbon county rc- rc cd from the emotion engendered engendered engendered engen engen- dered by the murder in Sanpete county BeBee again was convicted convicted con con- but the jury recommended leniency The court disregarded th the recommendation and pronounced pronounced pro pro- the death penalty He was rt recommitted to the prison on July If This his was the only one of 76 cases uses on the calendar on which the e board acted Thursday and another another another an an- other s session will be held next week upon call of Go Gov Herbert Heibert B B. Maw Haw W The he board boud spent all of Thursday hearing witnesses for the thee others e seeking pardons while the satire entire afternoon was devoted to the Ue BeBee case s Delegation Appears kA large delegation from Sanpete San- San p pete te county including the brother cad and widow of the murdered man appeared P ed to Po protest e t the granting of clemency t to the tic aged BeBee The request for commutation was supported by BeBee's wife and several sev sev- several eral friends t p BeBee shot Larsen twice after alter altere the e latter had escorted him from froma t a beer heer parlor in Mt Pleasant and p placed a in a truck belonging to toa toI a I friend l f Gaily dressed in a tan s silk lk shirt i a black cowboy tie and western western- Kyle tyle trousers the Uie little man of complex ample philosophies has been the of widespread controversy nr for or almost three years |